Man remains hospitalized after stabbing; woman jailed under no bond

Monday

Jan 28, 2013 at 11:18 AM

A 47-year-old Thomasville man remained hospitalized Monday after officers with the Thomasville Police Department say he was stabbed in the chest over the weekend.

A 47-year-old Thomasville man remained hospitalized Monday after officers with the Thomasville Police Department say he was stabbed in the chest over the weekend.Mark Johnson was listed in good condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, a hospital spokeswoman said. In connection to Johnson's injury, Naema Nicole Henderson, 23, of 809-E Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, has been charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. She was placed in the Davidson County Detention Center under no bond.Officers of the Thomasville Police Department responded to 809 Martin Luther King Drive on Saturday in reference to a possible assault. Davidson County paramedics had been dispatched to the location for a sick call and discovered a male at the residence with a stab wound to the chest area, according to a news release from the TPD.Henderson, according to a search warrant, came to the Thomasville Police Department to talk to detectives about the incident Saturday. The court document further stated that she voluntarily told detectives that she used a steak knife to stab Johnson in the chest during an altercation.Thomasville Police Det. Sgt. Brad Sainsting said Johnson and Robinson were a boyfriend/girlfriend couple. The assault, he said, occurred as a result of a domestic dispute.Johnson was transported to Baptist where he underwent surgery for his injury, according to a search warrant.The search warrant was executed at 8:11 p.m. at 809 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Apt. E, and the Thomasville Police Department seized a knife, a towel with blood on it and a small towel with blood on it, according to court documents.Henderson was also served over the weekend with a warrant for a simple assault charge. Johnson, according to court documents, filed a criminal complaint with a magistrate in September 2012 alleging Henderson picked up a stick and hit him at a family member's house on Tremont Street.Henderson has a court date of Feb. 27 in Thomasville District Court.